Dust removal kit for masonry table-saw

Abstract

A table-top masonry saw comprising a high-speed rotary circular blade is provided with a dust removal kit for withdrawing masonry dust created by the circular blade from the region of the saw to a vacuum source. The kit includes a curtain draped over a frame member at an operator's side of the saw blade and a funnel disposed to the rear of the saw blade opposite the operator's side. The funnel includes an exhaust duct which is connected to a vacuum source.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A dust removal kit for a masonry saw, said saw including a frame for supporting the saw on a horizontal surface, a rotary circular blade supported by said frame, and a motor and drive train for rotating said blade to cut or abrade a workpiece, said frame defining an operator station on one side thereof for accommodating a workpiece and a masonry dust discharge station at an opposite side thereof, said kit comprising: a flexible curtain supported by a curtain frame coupled to the frame of the masonry saw at the sides of the operator station and surrounding only three sides of the operator station defining a plenum chamber;   a funnel having an input end in communication with the plenum defined by said curtain and an exhaust end, said funnel disposed at the dust discharge station at the opposite side of the frame from the operator station and including sidewalls connected to and extending from the frame of the saw on the side of the dust removal station and converging toward an exhaust duct aligned with a cutting edge of the rotary circular blade; and   vacuum means coupled to the exhaust end of said funnel for withdrawing masonry dust from the region of the workplace and said plenum through said funnel as said workpiece is being cut or abraded.